Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

home delivery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: home- de-liv-ery
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A service of delivering goods to the consumer's home.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"While there is one restaurant for every 421 inhabitants in France, there is only one home delivery outlet for every 58,000 inhabitants. Home delivery is a complex business which requires a good command of transport, cooking and service techniques and which can only be applied to relatively simple, well-known dishes. This is why pizzas are particularly popular in this area […]"
"The history of childbirth in the Netherlands and the unbroken importance of home delivery in Dutch society are unique."

Usage

Inflected Forms

home deliveries (plural)

Questions

What does home delivery mean?: A service of delivering goods to the consumer's home.

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